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Snail’s pace scam reform delayed to 2028

Global criminal enterprises that scam about $2 billion a year from Australians will welcome the delayed introduction of a scam intelligence network.

yesterday 10

Tony Boyd

Bid for Humm plagued by disclosure, governance and personnel issues

The situation is messy as three of the target’s directors fight to keep their jobs, and Credit Corp assesses a possible break-up of the lender.

previous day 2

Joyce Moullakis

Australia has traded its soul for the politics of envy

The Bondi tragedy is more than just a religious conflict – it is an evil wrought by envy with the exceptions and the urge to handicap success.

previous day 20

Christopher Joye

Albanese has failed to find the right words after Bondi terror attack

This is the time to be dispensing with the safe political script and meeting the moment with courage and conviction. The PM’s considered language...

previous day 3

Lidija Ivanovski

Task now is upholding Australia’s liberal way of life

Celebrating the ethnic diversity that is part and parcel of multicultural Australia must not extend to tolerating intolerant behaviour.

friday 1

The Afr View

Australia needs a collective pause after the Bondi shooting

Jewish traditions shouldn’t govern Australian public life. But there’s wisdom in the idea that some losses deserve more than a news cycle before we...

friday 2

Jonathan Schleifer

Australians can’t afford another Christmas with Chalmers

As the prime minister no doubt considers a ministerial reshuffle, he should give serious consideration to letting the treasurer try something else.

18.12.2025 5

Ted O&x27Brien

There is no surprise why Jews are leaving for Israel in droves

Even before Bondi, Jewish Australian identity was being erased from society.

18.12.2025 3

Alex Polson

Bondi has put a hole through my Jewish Australian identity

Despite my Australianness, I don’t know if I feel safe. We have police helicopters circling our suburbs and police on every corner.

18.12.2025 10

Naomi Dinnen

Be cautious of overreach on basic freedoms

Australia’s major antisemitism problem has been a shortage not of laws but of political leadership at the top.

18.12.2025 5

The Afr View

Chalmers’ fake budget repair makes productivity challenge more urgent

The treasurer’s failure to start genuine fiscal repair means the May budget will have to do even more heavy lifting on economic reform.

18.12.2025 3

The Afr View

For this Jew, antisemitism feels like an Australian problem

For two years, the “silent majority” by and large has failed to speak up in favour of broader Australian values and social cohesion.

17.12.2025 70

Marnie Perlstein

Data centres look more like a bubble than a mining boom

Macquarie’s sale of data centre assets may be a canary in the coal mine for a coming financial bust.

17.12.2025 5

John Kehoe

How Xi Jinping, and not Donald Trump, is the winner of 2025

“America first” works as an election slogan. In fact, the US president has handed the initiative to Beijing in tech, energy and security.

17.12.2025 2

Edward Luce

Security agencies have hard questions to answer about Bondi shooting

The blowtorch has now been turned on Australia’s police and intelligence agencies. The scrutiny must be informed by some uncomfortable truths.

17.12.2025 2

John Coyne

Worried about an AI bubble? Look for these four ’O’s

Tallying up all four suggest AI is a bubble. However, history also shows that there is no exact point at which a bubble bursts under its own weight.

17.12.2025 3

Ruchir Sharma

Selective investors set to be rewarded next year

The fixed income comeback is on for 2026, but only choosy investors will thrive in the period of corporate stress and rising concerns about AI debt.

17.12.2025 3

Mark Trevarthen

Chalmers’ spending won’t help the RBA tame inflation

Despite the treasurer’s claim of a “stronger” budget due to higher revenue, under-the-radar spending will contribute to worsening deficits.

17.12.2025 4

John Kehoe

UniSuper and AustralianSuper should force a reckoning at the ASX

It’s time both industry funds stepped up by demanding more immediate and detailed action plans from the company, including the replacement of...

17.12.2025 2

Helen Bird

Politicians must call out Islamism to fight antisemitism

If the response to Bondi is to be meaningful, the outcome must be to better protect Jewish people by upping vigilance against Islamist terrorism.

17.12.2025 3

The Afr View

Bondi shows why we must police our friends, not just our enemies

A permissive environment has been created in which Israel is conflated with all Jews, everywhere.

16.12.2025 30

Stephen Bush

There is a correlation between demonisation of Israel and darkness at Bondi

Australians can criticise Israeli government policy. But delegitimising Israel’s right to exist is something else entirely.

16.12.2025 1

Jeremy Leibler

Gun ban is no fix for antisemitism or false multiculturalism narrative

In a nation where hate has been allowed to spread and immigration is ruled by the misleading mantra of diversity, restricting firearms won’t make a...

16.12.2025 20

Pru Goward

Tougher gun laws won’t stop the hatred that killed at Bondi

Unless our political leaders are willing to reassert the non-negotiable values of Australian life, the nation will continue to treat symptoms while...

16.12.2025 1

The Afr View

I’m a migrant. Future Australians must embrace lucky country’s core values

The Bondi killings have put Australia at a crossroads. We must defend our values and our tolerance and respect for all religions, or we will lose...

16.12.2025 2

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Snail’s pace scam reform delayed to 2028

Tony Boyd

Bid for Humm plagued by disclosure, governance and personnel issues

Joyce Moullakis

Australia has traded its soul for the politics of envy

Christopher Joye

Albanese has failed to find the right words after Bondi terror attack

Lidija Ivanovski

Task now is upholding Australia’s liberal way of life

The Afr View

Australia needs a collective pause after the Bondi shooting

Jonathan Schleifer

Australians can’t afford another Christmas with Chalmers

Ted O&x27Brien

There is no surprise why Jews are leaving for Israel in droves

Alex Polson

Bondi has put a hole through my Jewish Australian identity

Naomi Dinnen

Be cautious of overreach on basic freedoms

The Afr View

Chalmers’ fake budget repair makes productivity challenge more urgent

The Afr View

For this Jew, antisemitism feels like an Australian problem

Marnie Perlstein

Data centres look more like a bubble than a mining boom

John Kehoe

How Xi Jinping, and not Donald Trump, is the winner of 2025

Edward Luce

Security agencies have hard questions to answer about Bondi shooting

John Coyne

Worried about an AI bubble? Look for these four ’O’s

Ruchir Sharma

Selective investors set to be rewarded next year

Mark Trevarthen

Chalmers’ spending won’t help the RBA tame inflation

John Kehoe

UniSuper and AustralianSuper should force a reckoning at the ASX

Helen Bird

Politicians must call out Islamism to fight antisemitism

The Afr View

Bondi shows why we must police our friends, not just our enemies

Stephen Bush

There is a correlation between demonisation of Israel and darkness at Bondi

Jeremy Leibler

Gun ban is no fix for antisemitism or false multiculturalism narrative

Pru Goward

Tougher gun laws won’t stop the hatred that killed at Bondi

The Afr View

I’m a migrant. Future Australians must embrace lucky country’s core values

Alberto Calderon